“I swear that headline up there is not the result of late night Mad Libs. Patriots tight end Benjamin Watson was on Fox News with conservative shithead Laura Ingraham Monday to discuss a recent article by Jemele Hill. It became clear almost immediately that Watson was expected to share Ingraham’s sneering contempt for Hill’s argument, and when he did not, Ingraham was reduced to blurting out middle-school-grade retorts and awkwardly shuffling Watson off camera. It ruled.

Hill made the case very persuasively for the October edition of The Atlantic that top black recruits should attend and play for historically black colleges and universities, as a way of investing the value of their athletic exploits in institutions that “play an important role in the creation and propagation of a black professional class.” Her case is built on the monetary windfall reaped from athletics by overwhelmingly white schools in the Power Five conferences, largely via the work of black male athletes, and is backed up by eye-popping statistics:”

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Iloveswedes they’ll pay athletes before they allow them to leave for black schools. Black schools should just leave the NCAA and form their own semi pro leagues but that makes too much sense for black folks. They’d rather rely on Jay z to get them “a seat at the table” instead of building their own. 🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

@Lando Calrissian Didn't even think about that. Division I and II sports such as football and basketball far surpass any other athletic programs at these universities, and they basically subsidize all other sports programs (and athletic scholarships) at these schools. Some of the endowment money and other investment comes from this. Other funding from government and even fame that leads to more tuition (not simply for those who like the academic prospects) comes from this.

It makes sense. I didn't go to a HBCU, but I do support athletes who want to go there. The issue is investment...it's power. Integration actually took away some financial independence of black people...so when we talk about schools, businesses, housing... white people want us to be satisfied with being welcomed into their institutions and areas - at their whim. They want you to beg them. They want you to ask them for a seat at the their table.... not having a table of your own. They don't want you to be a black OWNER... they want you to work for them. They want you to support THEIR school with your money, but not your own schools. Your labor should support THEIR business and THEIR profits... but God forbid you get something for your own pockets to pass down to your kids.

It's not about segregation, it's about having actual self-determination. We want to be able to work with white people and go to school with them, but if we choose to stay where we are, we should have the resources to run black-majority schools and black-owned businesses...which by the way, would not exclude white people. The problem is whites always thinking they should be the head of something, the owner... the manager... the cabal.

Black athletes go to these schools for the best education, some of them.... but these places also have the most resources.... and are the places where they are most likely to be seen by scouts that work for white-owned NFL teams. Sorry, that's also whiteness at play. There are no black-owned teams... there are no black-owned leagues. There's only one game in town. Again, it's not about promoting segregation, it's about ownership and having revenues go into our pockets, so that we may build communities and a future that does not solely depend upon the whims of white people whose nature changes like the wind in this country.

Did I lie?

The author is simply suggesting that more investment would go to HBCUs, which is more likely to find its way to helping black people, especially generating more professionals, to build out the black middle class and at some point support black wealth throughout this country.

Racism is overrated... It's almost 2020 and we are still judging on skin tones. To me it's pathetic lol.. One day they'll realize how ignorant they are lol. Until that day come we have deal with retards.

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Laura's face is timeless when Ben is spilling that on the air. She looks completely confused and lost hahahah. It's funny kind of, but more so very sad. Sad that some white people just don't get it. Get what you ask??? Get that blacks and POC deserve equally if not more than what whites have. I say potentially more because of what white driven Imperialism, Divide & Rule has plagued POC countries and cultures. Whites have exploited blacks, POC, other cultures way too much and it needs to stop!There will always be racism in America when you have whites saying "I don't see color" FOH. Get off ya high horse; there's nothing wrong with saying that someone is BLACK and for a people to lift themselves up!I'm Caucasian (somewhat), Portuguese decent from Madeira/Rio and little Irish

Black athletes should go to HBCUs! Even though all have been blessed with Free Will, they chose what they chose. It begins at home, parents explaining the reason why they want their child to go to an HBCU. Then again, if parents raise their children in afrocentric schools then it may be an easier transition and choice for their young adult. With Afrocentric schooling it eliminates racial discrimination and allows kids to focus and excel in STEAM skills and nurturing their emotional intelligence in how to handle a racist society in this country as well as globally. We just want black kids to have a standing fair chance in their brain development and overall wellbeing.

Ease up on the Brees thing guys. Drew Brees is a great man/father/leader/football player/ humanitarian and philanthropist. He is absolutely NOT anti LGBTQ!!!!I am a true, died in the wool virulent atheist! Also not a Saints fan, far from it.

He got her good. She looks like a man in a wig. But I don't understand why everybody has to put gay and black in the same boat. All black people don't agree with the gay community. Just like they are some racist gay people.

Exactly. The dominant white, heterosexual society tends to see minority groups as monolithic. This is true of both the right and left but more pronounced with the right wing. That's how you get hilarious events like this.